[Bossman]

There has to be a way to do it from here.

I used to have an Orange UK sim. I bought it on ebay-UK brand new/unregistered. Called the Orange cust. service from here to register it, and they gave me the phone number and also sent it by text. They also gave 1 pound credit.

This is one of the reasons I prefer and will always recommend Virgin UK. No hassles at all. They come preactivated, with roaming, GPRS, and all. Just put the thing in your phone and you are good to go. Mine even came with 5 pound free credit. Besides, it's only 20p/min to call back to the USA.

Originally Posted by skins07

That is correct, but the SIM card won't register in the US, hence I can't use the code until I get to the UK. I am guessing that this SIM can only register by first being activated in the UK.

Does anyone know if the SIM can be activated by T-Mobile UK via a call to their customer service? I registered for My T-Mobile UK, but they won't let me in unless I have the activation code, which must be received by SMS. Since SMS won't work with the SIM unregistered, I can't enter the site.

The simple solution would have been to have the SIM activated/registered before it was sent to me.